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1960s
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some folks in heaven
Original Lyrics:
Some folks inherit
Janis Joplin's, "Me and Bobby McGee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Busted flap an' battin' rudes
Bobby thumbed adeeso dan
Original Lyrics:
Busted flat in Baton Rouge
Bobby thumbed a diesel down
Johnny Rivers', "Secret Agent Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Secret Asian man
Original Lyrics:
secret agent man
The Seekers', "Chilly Winds"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooooo! I'm gonna love you when I'm gone
Original Lyrics:
Who's gonna love you when I'm gone?
The Supremes', "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take an oval
Original Lyrics:
Think it over
 
1970s
Badfinger's, "Carry On to Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no reason to the fact
Original Lyrics:
There's no reason to look back
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can try 2 undressed man
The New York times erect demand
Original Lyrics:
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
but the weasel's wearin' on my shoes
Original Lyrics:
Got the wings of Heaven on my shoes.
Cher's, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dip cheese gramps in briefs
Original Lyrics:
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Chic's, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let him hustle, too
Original Lyrics:
Latin hustle, too
Don McLean's, "Vincent"
Misheard Lyrics:
Morning feels November gray
Original Lyrics:
Morning fields of amber grain
Elton John's, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics:
forget about an ointment ass these toes drain
Original Lyrics:
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me closer, Ted Danson
Original Lyrics:
Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer
Fleetwood Mac's, "Sara"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oooh, lazy, I'm doing the lazy
Original Lyrics:
Oooooooo, the laces, undoing the laces
Genesis', "A Trick of the Tail"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I wrong to believe in the city of dope?
Original Lyrics:
Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold?
Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I had my fill that's unusual
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I had my fill...listen, you
Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man that is marked down his dad
Original Lyrics:
There's a man there who's marked down as dead
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Tuesday's Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ridin' my toothache
Original Lyrics:
Ride on Tuesday
Marvin Gaye's, "What's Going On"
Misheard Lyrics:
You see Warren's not the answer
or
You see warrant's not the answer
Original Lyrics:
You see war is not the answer
The Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics:
My head grew heavy and my side grew damp
Original Lyrics:
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
The Rolling Stones', "Some Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black girls just wanna get f***ed all night, I just don't have that much jam.
Original Lyrics:
Black girls just wanna get f***ed all night, I just don't have that much time
Waylon Jennings', "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Matin' the girls
Flappin' their gills
Some day mounting might git em but da law never will
Original Lyrics:
Straight'nin' the curve
Flat'nin' the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em, but the law never will.
Yes', "Tales from Topographic Oceans"
Misheard Lyrics:
This song is so gay
Original Lyrics:
Nous sommes des soleil
 
1980s
.38 Special's, "What If I'd Been the One?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forty-five and you wanna say goodbye
Original Lyrics:
What if I'd been the one to say goodbye?
AC/DC's, "Back In Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
Want your p*ssy licked, just get out of my way
Original Lyrics:
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way
AC/DC's, "Let's Get It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cruisin' on the seven seas
A pirate on my Lebanese
Original Lyrics:
Cruisin' on the seven seas
A pirate of my loving needs
AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm back in the rig to take another swig
Original Lyrics:
I'm back in the ring to take another swing
Cast of Les Miserables', "Master of the House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nasty little house
Original Lyrics:
Master of the house
Def Leppard's, "Animal"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I want, and I need, and I love, animals
Original Lyrics:
And I want, and I need, and I lust, animal
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got your pair slicked packed and your sway barrel groin
Original Lyrics:
You got your hair slicked back, and your Wayfarer's on
Hall & Oates', "Out of Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're out of Dutch
Original Lyrics:
You're out of touch
Hall and Oates', "Family Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
She gave him her look that would have worked on any other matter of
Original Lyrics:
She gave him her look that would have worked on any other man around
Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Annie are you woke, hey? Are you woke, hey Annie?
Original Lyrics:
Annie are you okay? Annie are you okay? Are you okay?
Morrissey's, "Hairdresser on Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're just so dizzy, dizzy dizzy
Original Lyrics:
And you're just so busy, bussy bussy
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Flying High Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m high again
Original Lyrics:
Flying high again
Robert Palmer's, "Simply Irresistible"
Misheard Lyrics:
She used to look forward to me
Original Lyrics:
She used to look good to me
Ultravox's, "Reap the Wild Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, isolation where I once lived
Original Lyrics:
Oh, desolation where I once lived
 
1990s
Alias', "More Than Words Can Say"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's Steelheart, at 6 o'clock in the morning.
To sleep without you.
Original Lyrics:
It's still hard, at 6 o'clock in the morning.
To sleep without you.
Christina Aguilera's, "Genie in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am dreaming in the Bible
Original Lyrics:
I'm a genie in a bottle
John Mellencamp's, "Just Another Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bowe Bergdahl and Big Jim Picato
Original Lyrics:
Bobie Doll and Big Jim Picato
Mother Soundtrack's, "Bein' Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're looking for a shoulder you can nine on
Original Lyrics:
When you're looking for a shoulder you can cry on
Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elisa Good, Elisa good as you
Original Lyrics:
Their lives again
Their lives to pull us through
Pearl Jam's, "Rear View Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soybeans, so much cleaver
Original Lyrics:
Saw things so much clearer.
 
2000s
Macy Gray's, "I Try"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wore goggles when your snot ear
Original Lyrics:
My world crumbles when you are not near.
S Club 7's, "Natural"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's all in the dentistry
Original Lyrics:
It's all in the chemistry
S Club 7's, "Never Had a Dream Come True"
Misheard Lyrics:
I lost the cents on time
Original Lyrics:
I lost a sense of time
 
2010s
Brockhampton's, "Follow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Anywhere I go, boys wanna f**k low
Original Lyrics:
Anywhere I go, boys wanna follow
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bruises on your thighs, leave my fingerchips
Original Lyrics:
The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints
Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you wanna play with my dick?
or
So you wanna play with my jig?
Original Lyrics:
So you wanna play with magic?
 
christian
Dan Schutte's, "Here I Am Lord"
Misheard Lyrics:
Either lord of sea and sky
Original Lyrics:
I the Lord of sea and sky

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